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Supreme Court Allows Flint Water Lawsuits To Move Forward, Officials Not 'Immune'

In refusing to take up two cases involving the 2014 water crisis, the higher court has upheld earlier rulings saying neither city nor state officials are protected from being sued.
Vanessa Romo
National

Montana Court Reverses $35 Million Child Abuse Verdict Against Jehovah's Witnesses

The unanimous Montana Supreme Court decision found that religious institutions are not always obligated to report child sexual abuse to authorities due to an exemption in Montana state law.
Merrit Kennedy
National

An abortion clinic in Louisiana is at the center of a major Supreme Court case.

Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport is challenging a 2014 state law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hospital in case of an emergency.
Sarah McCammon
National

Is A Wealth Tax Constitutional?

Two legal scholars have been arguing about the constitutionality of a wealth tax for twenty years. Now people are actually paying attention.
Greg Rosalsky
National

Advocates Challenge Trump Administration Plan To Let States And Towns Block Refugees

The White House wants to give state and local officials the power to block refugee resettlement in their backyards. But immigrant advocates say the executive order violates federal law.
Joel Rose
Politics

Fate of DACA program could be decided Tuesday by Supreme Court

In Washington state, there’s over 16,000 DACA recipients — or so called ‘Dreamers’ -- with temporary immigration status to live and work in the country. And they’re watching the U.S. Supreme Court case Tuesday very closely. The decision could decide the fate of the DACA program.
Esmy Jimenez
National

With Abortion Rights On The Line, Planned Parenthood Announces 2020 Push

The abortion-rights group says the goal of the $45 million campaign is to unseat President Trump as well as elect candidates at all levels who support abortion rights.
Sarah McCammon
Law & Courts

LGBTQ workers in Washington are protected, no matter what SCOTUS rules

Queer Washingtonians have had job and housing protections since 2006
Paige Browning
Politics

Supreme Court Revisits Abortion With Louisiana Case

At issue is a Louisiana law that mirrors a Texas law the court struck down. What's different, however, is that Justice Anthony Kennedy, who cast the decisive fifth vote in the 2016 case, has retired.
Nina Totenberg
Politics

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Treated Again For Cancer

The 86-year-old justice just wrapped up weeks of treatment after a new cancerous tumor was found on her pancreas. Doctors say there's no evidence of cancer elsewhere.
Nina Totenberg

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